The concrete slab-on-ground is among the most performance-critical structural elements in industrial and commercial buildings, yet it has long been designed using methods whose fundamental limitations ...

Concrete slabs-on-ground develop curl when a moisture or temperature gradient exists between the top and bottom surfaces of the slab. As the exposed top surface dries and shrinks relative to the ...

A completely new way of building concrete structures has been developed: Scientists at the Vienna University of Technology bend concrete with an air cushion, making complicated timber structures ...

Architectural concrete as we know it today was invented in the 19th century. It reached new heights in the U.S. after World War II when mid-century modernism was in vogue, following in the footsteps ...

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Transfer slabs that have not been safely designed or installed are an emerging new risk to resident safety in high rises. What can be done? Peter Apps reports Transfer slabs that have not been safely ...